Search results for "Medicare"
Hospital medicine a top career choice among new general internal medicine physicians
The percentage of internists seeing patients both in and out of the hospital declined by more than half between 1990 and 2017, according to an analysis of American Board of Internal Medicine certifications and Medicare claims.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/17/5.htm
17 May 2022
CMS charts the way to a new Medicare payment system
Medicare is transitioning to a new value-based payment system, and the agency has outlined specifics about how it intends to implement it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2016
Costs of care among Medicare patients were similar at teaching vs. nonteaching hospitals
The cost of a hospitalization was higher at a major teaching hospital than a nonteaching hospital, but physician costs and 30-day postacute care costs were lower, according to an analysis of common medical and surgical conditions among Medicare patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/11/4.htm
11 Jun 2019
Avoid the most common claims errors in Medicare billing
Learn the most common reasons why Medicare Administrative Contractors reject claims, and how to avoid such pitfalls in the future.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/04/coding.htm
1 Apr 2013
Amiodarone increases bleeding compared with flecainide or sotalol in patients on anticoagulant therapy
A retrospective analysis of Medicare patients who started an anticoagulant and then amiodarone found that they had a 44% increased risk for bleeding-related hospitalization compared to those on other antiarrhythmics and that this risk was higher with rivaroxaban than apixaban.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/23/1.htm
23 May 2023
New analysis looks at lung cancer screening for Medicare patients
Screening Medicare patients for lung cancer results in more false positives, but also a better positive predictive value, than screening younger patients, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/09/1.htm
9 Sep 2014
Colonoscopies often recommended to patients with limited life expectancy
A study of patients ages 65 years and older found that 58.1% of those with life expectancy of less than five years and no polyps or only small hyperplastic polyps were told to return for future surveillance, as were 74.8% of those with life expectancy of five to 10 years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/21/4.htm
21 Mar 2023
ACP commits to finding health care for unhoused people
Amid an increasing housing crisis, ACP developed a policy paper to address this population's health care needs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/04/acp-commits-to-finding-health-care-for-unhoused-people.htm
1 Apr 2024
Medicare prescribers use twice as many brand-name drugs as VA
Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes take many more brand-name drugs than similar patients treated in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system, adding as much as $1 billion per year to health care costs, a recent study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/11/1.htm
11 Jun 2013
Home-based HPV screening appears cost-effective, study finds
In an economic evaluation of 19,851 female participants from a randomized clinical trial, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for increased uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) screening ranged from $86 to $146 per additional screening completed.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/28/4.htm
28 Mar 2023